#56 Make 5 Vegetarian Meals

Easy, Cheesy Tortellini Bake

Recipe- Bun in the Oven

Another win for the vegetarian meals. Really, how can you lose when you have stuffed pasta shells with marinara and alfredo sauce plus loads of cheese!

#92 Don't read a book for a whole week (7 days)

I actually completed this one inadvertently. Ever since getting pregnant I have had no desire to read. Between starting my new job, and dealing with tiredness reading a book just has had no appeal for me.

I actually went from November 8th till November 27th without reading a book. The last book I read I finished on the 7th, and then managed to start and finish a book on the 28th. So while my goal was to only go 7 days, I actually went 20 days.

So far this year I've read 193 books, so while the desire to read hasn't really come back I'm really hoping I can finish 7 books in the next 30 days. I really want to read 200 this year.

#40 Take an "Us" picture every month.

This picture is for October. I actually took it on the day I got the positive pregnancy test. Nothing stellar, but at least it is from the first day I knew I was pregnant.

#94 Get Pregnant

Well after 13 months of trying, I can finally cross this one off the list! I got the bfp (big fat positive pregnancy test) back on October 20th, but wanted to wait till we saw the doctor before telling the whole world.

We saw the doctor yesterday, so now we're telling everyone. Since I wasn't positive who was following my blogs, I waited till now to update them.

Here's a picture of baby.

Baby is measuring right at 10 weeks, which is what the calculations put me at. My estimated due date is June 29, 2010.

#40 Take an "Us" picture every month

I fail! I managed to never take an "Us" picture last month. Of course I didn't realize this until October had already started.

However, I do have this picture which is of my whole family at our family reunion back at the beginning of the month. And since H and I are standing next to one another, I'll say it counts!

H and I are on the far left. Included in the picture are my mom, step-dad, grandparents, sisters, nieces, aunt and lots of cousins.

#56 Make 5 Vegetarian meals

Veggie Pizza

Recipe: Bun in the Oven

While this recipe isn't new to me, it certainly applies in my quest to make 5 vegetarian meals. H actually suggested this recipe after we had some carrots and celery left over from that vegetarian chili I made last week.

While chopping all the veggies is time consuming, it is well worth it. I had this recipe a lot growing up, and it never failed to be a crowd pleaser. I'm really happy that H also appreciates this recipe.

Since this isn't a warm recipe, it works really great in summer. Also veggies are usually cheaper in summer.

#12 Organize all Recipes

I love to cook. I've subscribed to Kraft Foods, Real Simple, and Food Network Magazines. I'm too much of a neat freak to keep a ton of old magazines with only a few recipes I'm interested in. So I have a lot of loose pages of recipes that I want to make.

I decided to organize them by putting them in a 3-ring binder in page protectors. Finally got around to organizing them.

The only thing I don't know is what I want to do with the recipes once I've made the recipe. For the most part once I make a recipe I blog about it on my food blog. So, I don't need the paper copy anymore. But the paper copy inside it's nice safe page protector is easier to use than my laptop when I want to make that recipe again. So I guess what I'm getting at is that I'm thinking I want to file them. Maybe in the back of my 3-ring binder so they are easy to access?

Anyone else have any thoughts?